I spent the first 20-odd yearsof my life on 'flats' that were just 'pedals' becasue that's all there was.Hee hee, glad it's not just me that remembers that - oh, MTBing with toestrap pedals aswell
I saw a couple of old dudes riding down 'The Beast of Hope X' a few months back, and they were in the absolute spirit of 'keeping it real'...fully rigid 1980's MTB's complete with toestraps and pannier racks - really took me back - had to smile though, as their bikes sounded like a couple of skip fulls of spanners being dragged down a hill as they rode past 
I somehow felt very unworthy sat there on my 140 full sus though 
:))
. MC has done a pretty good job of explaining more than once how I was injured and how SPDs contributed to those injuries. It's clear from her other posts she means caused the injuries not caused the crashes. I have had numerous crashes in 18 years of riding. In 2 of those crashes, my SPDs not unclipping lead to injuries (torn ankle ligaments in one, a broken tibia in another). Both these injuries meant time off work sick, setting back my career, on top of missing a full season's riding on each occasion and needing surgery for the latter. 
